Zim vs. ikiwiki vs. Sputnik vs. Friki

General Features Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
Version
0.56
2.67
8.08.13
2.1.1
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2008-10-17 (18 years ago)
2008-08-13 (18 years ago)
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2008-10-28 (18 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Yuri Takhteyev
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
MIT/X
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
Python
Perl
Lua
Java
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
Anyone
Small teams or private users
private users and small teams
System Requirements Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
None
Any, or none
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
gcc or Lua
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
Git
Security/Anti-Spam Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
File permissions
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Yes
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Some
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Footnotes
No
No
No
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
None
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Plugin
No
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
No
Usability Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
No
No
Embedded Video
No
Optional
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zim ikiwiki Sputnik Friki
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[internal]]
[[Sputnik]]
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[link text](http://example.org)
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
Headlines
=== Heading ===
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
# Sputnik
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
'''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
``monospace``
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
monospace
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^{sup}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
_{sub}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{{./image.png}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
Aligning Text
not implemented
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
> Sputnik
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Sputnik
* first
* second
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Sputnik
1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
not implemented
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
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